Comment

THE government must respond to the High Court decision that the Serious Fraud Office acted illegally in dropping its probe of the BAE-Saudi arms deal by immediately reinstituting the inquiry.

HOME Office Minister Tony McNulty's kneejerk response that he will not accept the Court of Appeal's decision with regard to Abu Qatada and two unnamed Libyans emphasises yet again the arrogance and refusal to learn of new Labour politicians.

FINING Severn Trent Water the paltry sum of 3 per cent of its turnover for ripping off its customers and systematically lying to the rubber-toothed watchdog Ofwat is woefully inadequate.

THE European Court of Justice ruling that a Polish building subcontractor can undercut agreed industrial wage rates in Germany wasn't a surprise, given the court's previous form over last December's Viking and Laval cases.

IT is to be hoped that Labour MP Greg Pope is kicking himself today for believing the assurances made to him by Prime Minister Gordon Brown and various senior ministers that they would review the impact of the abolition of the 10p basic income tax rate and its effect on the poor.

VARIOUS politicians and commentators have suggested that Gordon Brown ought to call for a boycott of the Olympic Games or, at the very least, emulate Angela Merkel by boycotting the opening ceremony.

IF there is one minister who encapsulates everything that is wrong with the monstrous regiment of new Labour, it is the dreadful Hazel Blears.

THE belated decision by the British National Party to drop Nick Eriksen from second spot on its list of candidates for next month's London Assembly elections does not arise from any sudden outbreak of human decency within the fascist group.

ANYONE expecting a sober assessment of the impact of immigration on British society by the House of Lords economic affairs committee would have been struck first by the worrying number of references to the right-wing Migrationwatch organisation.

LABOUR leader Gordon Brown could be facing his first parliamentary defeat on Tuesday over his government's unjustifiable attempt to extend the period that terror suspects can be held from 28 days to 42 days.